Student Leadership News

College Captains' Report

On the 17th of May it was International Day against Homophobia. The Diversity team ran a friendship bracelet making workshop, as well as having chalk drawing available for everyone.

Girls Education Week was another fantastic series of events and activities that both the leadership team and the arts department ran as the theme was ‘celebrating the arts’.

On Monday lunchtime there was a screening of the film ‘Loving Vincent’ and we created a vibrant chalk mural. During Tuesday lunchtime the film continued and there was an outdoor music concert. On Wednesday lunchtime we ran a tie-dying workshop, where everyone had a great time. There was also busking around the school. On Thursday there was a music concert in the Hall which was a fantastic way to showcase the amazing talent within the school. Short media films were also screened and there were virtual reality gallery tours.

The week concluded with a scrunchie making workshop, which was very successful. It was great to see so many students participating and getting involved. There was also an art mural painting activity.

Throughout the entire week there were reflection book activities in the library and a fact/poster competition surrounding girls’ education.

The winners of the fact/poster competition were: 

- Sara Dalley from 7C with a poster on girls’ education

- Isobel from 12B: girls with 8 years of education are 4 times less likely to marry as children

- Bianca from 7B: A literate mother has a 50% higher chance that her child will survive past the age of 5 and an educated mother is more than twice as likely to send her children to school

- Alice Moon from 7B: two thirds of the 792 million illiterate adults in the world are female.

The student leadership team would like to thank all of the teachers who made this week possible.

On the Thursday of Girls’ Education Week there was a casual dress day to raise money for the Malala Fund. At the age of 11 Malala became an activist for girls’ education after the Taliban prevented her from attending school. When she was just 15 years old she was shot by the Taliban as a result of her continuing activism. Miraculously, she survived and went on to become the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Since then she has started a foundation – the Malala Fund – which aims to provide education to the 130 million uneducated girls around the world. In total we donated $437.80 to this fantastic cause.

On Friday the 25th of May, we had a National Sorry Assembly to acknowledge the mistreatment of indigenous peoples during times of white settlement and formally apologise. During the week leading up to Sorry Day we traced our hands in home group and pasted them on boards which symbolises that as a community at Matthew Flinders, we say sorry.

Pride Day, ran by the Diversity team, was another successful event. There was hair spraying available, with all the money raised being used to purchase a pride flag for the school. In addition to the hair spraying, there was chalk drawing and bubbles, which contributed to the welcoming and fun environment.

For Environment Week the environment team encouraged students to bring ‘nude food’ to school to minimise the impact that packaging can have on our environment. Jirrahlinga also visited the school with a variety of animals including a wombat, a joey, a snake and various other reptiles. It was another fantastic activity which everyone enjoyed.

Upcoming events:

Week 10: Refugee Week - Monday 18th June – Friday 22nd June

Week 10: World Refugee Day – Wednesday 20th June

Week 11: Red Nose Day – Thursday 28th June

Term 3

Week 1: NAIDOC Week – Monday 16th July – Friday 20th July

Week 3: Jeans for Genes, Casual Dress Day – Friday 3rd August

Thanks,

Your College Captains

Megan Kaiser & Brynnie Rafe